What a great opportunity.ĭoes everything start with a dream or are there some things that need to be approached some other way?ĭallas: For me? Most things start with a dream. He approached me with the idea, and it just fit fantastically with everything I had been working on.
You are working with Spike Jonze at the moment, creating sort of a blog for Where The Wild Things Are- was that an unexpected byproduct of the book, or were you friends before all of this?ĭallas: Well Spike was a fan of the book, and my writing beforehand and so the blog was actually more of a perfect merger of talents than a byproduct. Dreaming is a universal idea, the same as love, or hope, it’s just how you relate to the idea that makes the book different for you. Your book has just been translated into Russian – will there be a difference between how it has been received in America (where you’re taught that every one can achieve a better, richer and happier life) and how they will interpret the message in Russia?ĭallas: I can’t say exactly as I have never been to Russia and don’t know for certain what people dream about there but for me the purpose of writing a book like mine from a thematic standpoint is that everyone no matter what age, or nationality or background can appreciate it.
I get a lot of mail related to this, with people telling me the ways my book has made them rethink their own lives and goals. Have you seen people get inspired to do their own thing after reading your book?ĭallas: Yes, actually.
My father is a sea-captain/retired pirate and my mother is a lion tamer. He is clearly an awesome dude because although Pencil & Pipette at this stage is pretty small and not very influential, he took time to write back.ĭallas: Yes. I wrote to Dallas, told him that I liked reading his story because I’m interested in the power of creativity if we act on our ideas and asked if he would answer some questions. For every copy of the book sold The Awesome World Foundation gives a book away to a young person to encourage them to pursue their dreams. Selling more than 30,000 copies from his website only, Dallas decided to use some of the profits to set up his own foundation.
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